"It's Abzanistanimation!" (Junk Reanimator Hybrid)

Modern BGW (Abzan, Junk)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Ashen Rider
• 2x Courser of Kruphix
• 4x Elvish Mystic
• 2x Fleecemane Lion
• 2x Hornet Queen
• 2x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 4x Satyr Wayfinder
• 4x Siege Rhino
• 2x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 2x Wingmate Roc

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes

Land (21)

• 4x Brushland
• 4x Caves of Koilos
• 3x Forest
• 4x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Pendelhaven
• 2x Plains
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (6)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 4x Grisly Salvage

Sorcery (3)

• 1x See the Unwritten
• 2x Unburial Rites

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Murasa Rootgrazer
• 2x Necropolis Fiend
• 2x Whisperer of the Wilds

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bow of Nylea

Instant (6)

• 3x Abzan Charm
• 1x Bile Blight
• 1x Dromoka's Command
• 1x Sundering Growth

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This is a hybrid between Tolarian Community College's budget Abzan Reanimator and Abzan Midrange. There are a lot of elements of both in this deck. The deck started out life as a Standard deck but I wanted to keep it and make it a Modern deck after everything rotated out of Standard. It's definitely not as competitive in Modern as it was in Standard, but it's still a fun deck to play.

In case you're unfamiliar with how Abzan Reanimator works, it's pretty simple. You try and load up your graveyard with big creatures using Commune with the Gods , Nyx Weaver , and Satyr Wayfinder , then bring them back either using Whip of Erebos or Persist (you can also use spells like Unburial Rites , but Persist is cheaper and allows you to bring back big creatures with good ETB effects without much of a penalty). Some cards in this deck (mainly Ashen Rider and Hornet Queen ) are meant to be dumped into the graveyard and whipped out rather than hardcasted, while creatures like Siege Rhino are versatile enough to either be hardcasted or whipped back into play. I've also added some elements of midrange, such as Wingmate Roc and Fleecemane Lion , because both are too good not to have.

Next update will be: +1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth +4 Persist +1 Archon of Cruelty +1 Grave Titan +1 Massacre Wurm -1 Forest -2 Unburial Rites -1 Whip of Erebos -1 Hornet Queen -2 Satyr Wayfinder -1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

The mana base will be re-evaluated, but since most of the changes in the creature base are for reanimation targets, it's likely that only minimal changes to the color balance will be made. I'll eventually add shocks/check lands as well, and possibly upgrade the checks to fetches at some point if the deck plays well enough.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 2 Mythic Rares 32 - 5 Rares 4 - 5 Uncommons 12 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	abzan, cool ideas